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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 26 
MARKETS. 
HINDSIGHT. 
REVIEW OF THE WEEK’S MARKETS. 
The grain market has been active throughout 
the week, with somewhat higher prices on some 
grains. This is largely because of the increased 
export demand and higher prices abroad. There 
have been heavy purchases of corn for export, 
sales on Wednesday being reported at 2,500,000 
bushels of this cereal alone. Of this great quan¬ 
tity, about 1,000,000 bushels will be shipped from 
New York, 750,000 from Montreal, and the rest 
from other Atlantic and Gulf ports. A curious 
feature of the market on Thursday was that, in 
spite of the heavy sales of the previous day, corn 
was lower and wheat higher in price. Trad¬ 
ing, however, at the end of the week was more 
moderate, although prices are well sustained. 
Chicago cash quotations were as follows: No. 
3 Spring wheat, 87 to 92*4 cents: No. 2 red, $1 to 
$1.01; No. 2 corn, 28*4; No. 2 oats, 25 M, and No. 2 
white oats, 29*4 to 31; No. 3 white oats, 27% to 
28% ; No. 2 rye, 48% cents. Receipts of beans are 
liberal, exceeding the requirements. With the 
exception of choice Red Kidney and Marrow, the 
situation is very dull. 
Receipts of apples have been liberal, but the 
export demand has been larger of late, which 
has resulted in cleaning up the market fairly 
well and in a firmer feeling, with well-sustained 
prices. Cranberries have gone to extremely 
high prices under very light receipts and a good 
demand. There have been light receipts of 
Florida strawberries, and fancy qualities have 
sold for higher prices. In hothouse products, the 
demand is good and the supply not large of the. 
best qualities, while inferior grades are some¬ 
what dull. The market in dried fruits is fairly 
active, with the exception of raspberries, which 
are very low and dull, with little demand even at 
the existing low prices. 
Receipts of potatoes have not been excessive, 
and the market is firm, with only a moderate 
trade. There is a good demand, and only a light 
supply of seed potatoes, and these are held 
firmly. Bermuda and southern potatoes sell 
slowly. Onions are plentiful, the market weak. 
There is a good demand for kale and spinach, 
while good cabbages are but fairly steady. 
There is a plentiful supply of tomatoes, and prices 
are somewhat lower. Charleston vegetables are 
selling well, if choice. 
The butter market has declined since our last re¬ 
port, under somewhat heavier receipts, and lower 
prices have resulted in good sales. The market 
is well cleaned up, and is now in good shape; in 
fact, the demand has exceeded the supply. The 
accumulations of previous weeks have been re¬ 
duced considerably, and the market is likely to 
he satisfactory for some time to come. The same 
cannot be said of cheese, which continues dull 
and prices very low. Export trade in the latter 
has been stimulated by the low price, and it is 
hoped that this will lead to a better condition 
and an advanced market. Baltimore reports 
butter and cheese firm and unchanged. In Chi¬ 
cago, creamery butter sold for 13 to 18 cents, 
dairy 10*4 to 16, and cheese 8 to 8 '4- Philadelphia 
butter market was unchanged with western 
creamery at 19*4, prints 21 cents. New York fac¬ 
tory full cream choice cheese 8*4 to 8*4, and prime 
7*4 to 8. In St. Louis, creamery butter sold at 15 
to 19*4 cents, dairy 9 to 15. 
Receipts of live poultry have exceeded the de¬ 
mand, and the market is weak. A feature of this 
market is the shipment of three car-loads to 
Cuba. There is quite an accumulation of ducks 
and geese, and these are very weak. Receipts of 
dressed poultry are liberal, demand fair, and 
trade increasing. There is the least demand for 
heavy fowls, a light supply of capons, and a little 
firmer market. Eggs are a little firmer, demand 
being heavier, and prices show some advance. 
Receipts of duck eggs have increased somewhat. 
Chicago reports eggs steady at 9*4 cents, Cincin¬ 
nati dull at nine, Philadelphia firm at 11, St. 
Louis steady at 8*4- 
THE WEEK’S QUOTATIONS. 
Saturday. March 19. 189S 
NEW BUTTER. 
Creamery, Western, extras, per lb. 
Western, firsts. 
Western, seconds. 
Western, thirds. 
State, finest. 
State, firsts. 
State, thirds to seconds. 
State dairy, haif-firkin tubs, fancy. 
Half-firkin tubs, firsts. 
Welsh tubs, finest... 
Welsh tubs, firsts. 
Tubs, seconds. 
Western imitation creamery,extras. 
Firsts . 
Seconds. 
Western factory, extras. 
Firsts .. 
Seconds. 
Lower grades. 
Rolls, fresh, choice. 
Poor to prime. 
OLD BUTTER. 
Creamery, West’n, summer make, finest 
Summer make, common to prime- 
State dairv, tubs or firkins, finest. 
Tubs or firkins, good to prime. 
Tubs or firkins, poor to fair. 
Western factory. 
EGGS. 
Nearby, fancy, per doz. 
State and Penna., fancy. 
Western, fresh gathered, firsts. 
Kentucky, fresh gathered, choice. 
Tenn.. Va. and N. C.. fresh gathered. 
Southern, ordinary to fair. 
Duck eggs. Baltimore, per doz. 
Virginia, per doz. 
Othern Southern, per doz. 
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FRUITS—GREEN 
Apples, Fancy red, per bbl. 
Ben Davis, per d. h. bbl. 
Spy, per d. h. bbl. 
Baldwin, per d. h. bbl. 
Greening, extra fancy, per bbl. 
Greening, fair to choice, per d. h. bbl.. 
Common to fair grades. 
.3 50@3 76 
.2 50@8 76 
.2 50@3 00 
.2 50@3 26 
.4 00@4 50 
.2 60@3 50 
.1 50@2 50 
Grapes, State, Catawba, per small basket ... 8© 12 
CranberrIes.CapeCod.fairto fancy.per bbl 10 00@12 60 
Fair to choice, per crate.8 00@4 00 
Jersey, per crate.3 00@3 25 
Jersey, per bbl.8 50© 10 00 
Oranges, Indian River, per box.4 00@7 00 
Other Fla., per box.2 50@4 50 
California Navels, per box.2 00©S 00 
Seedlings, per box.1 50©2 00 
Strawberries. Fla., refrigerator, prime,per qt 30© 50 
Open crate, prime, per quart. 25© 40 
GRAIN. 
Wheat.104 ©111 
Corn. 35 © 38 
Buckwheat. 43 @ 47 
Oats. 30 @ 39 
ltye. 55 © 5914 
Barley malting. 50 @ 58 
Feeding. 34 @ 44 
POTATOES 
Bermuda, prime, per bbl.6 00@7 00 
Seconds, per bbl.3 50©5 00 
Southern, second crop, per bbl.3 C0@6 00 
Belgian, per 168-lb sack. —© - 
Maine, Rose, per d. h. bbl.3 00©3 25 
Rose, per sack.3 00©3 10 
Hebron, per sack.2 60©2 60 
hong Island, per bbl. 2 50@3 00 
Jersey, per bbl.2 12@2 50 
Per sack.2 12©2 25 
State and Western, per 180 lbs. 2 26©2 75 
State and Western, per sack.2 12©2 50 
Slate, Jersey or Western, poor to good.1 50@2 00 
Colorado, per 2-bushel saek.1 50@1 55 
Sweets. Vineland and vicinity, per bbl.3 00@4 50 
Other Jersey, per p. h. bbl.2 50@3 50 
Yams, Southern, per bbl.1 25©1 75 
SEEDS. 
Clover, per 100 lbs.4 50@6 00 
Timothy, per 100 lbs.2 76©3 25 
VEGETABLES. 
Asparagus, Charleston, prime, per bunch. 75 @112 
Culls, per bunch. 50 © 60 
Beets, local, per bbl. 75 @1 00 
Florida, per crate.1 00 @1 25 
Bermuda, per crate. 1 00 @1 25 
N. O.. per 100 bunches.2 00 @2 50 
Celery, State and Western, per doz. 5 @ 60 
Florida, per doz. 25 © 76 
California. 20 © 70 
Cabbages, Jersey and L. I„ per 100.2 00 @3 Oil 
State, per 100.1 50 @2 00 
Danish seed, per bbl. 75 @ 85 
Red, per bbl.1 00 @1 25 
Florida, per bbl crate.1 01 @1 25 
Chicory, N. l>„ per bbl.4 00 @7 00 
Cauliflowers, California, per case.2 00 @4 00 
Kgg plant, Fla., per barrel.5 00 @8 00 
Per orange box.2 00 @3 50 
Lettuce, Florida, per basket.1 09 @3 00 
Charleston, per bushel basket. 75 @1 25 
North Carolina, per bbl.3 50 ©4 50 
Tomatoes, Florida, per carrier.2 00 @3 60 
Peppers, Florida, per carrier.1 00 @4 00 
Squash, Marrow, per bbl.1 50 @2 00 
Hubbard, per bbl. 2 00 @2 50 
Parsnips, per bbl. 50 @ 75 
Turnips, Russia, per bbl. 60 @ 80 
White, per bbl. 40 © 50 
Okra, Havana, per carrier.4 00 @5 00 
Onions, Orange County, red, per bag. 50 @1 25 
Orange County, yellow, per bag. 75 @1 25 
Orange County, white, per bag. 75 @1 60 
Eastern, white, per bbl.1 00 @3 00 
Eastern, red, per bbl.1 00 @1 50 
Eastern, yellow, per bbl.1 00 @1 75 
State and Western, yellow, per bbl.. 75 @125 
State and Western, red, per bbl. 75 @125 
Carrots, washed, per bbl.1 25 @ — 
Unwashed and ungraded, per bbl....l 00 @1 12 
Bermuda, per crate.100 @125 
Charleston, per 100 bunches.2 00 @3 00 
Baltimore, washed, per bbl. 1 25 ®1 50 
Radishes, Norfolk, per 100 hunches. 1 50 @2 00 
String beans, Fla., green, per crate.1 75 @2 75 
Wax, per orate.1 75 @2 75 
Kale, Norfolk, per bbl. 60 @ 85 
Spinach, Norfolk, per bbl.1 00 @1 50 
MILK AND CREAM. 
The total dally supply has been 23,001 cans of milk, 
165 cans of condensed milk and 449 cans of cream. 
The Milk Exchange price is 2*4 cents a quart net to 
the shipper. 
rni I |TC VEGETABLES, 
I KU 11 O PRODUCE. 
We receive and sell, in car-load or smaller lots, all 
Products of the GARDEN, ORCHARD, DAIRY, 
HENNERY and FARM. Market Reports, References, 
etc., free upon application. Address 
No. 611 Liberty 8t., PITTSBURGH. PA. 
SOMERS, BROTHER & CO. 
Established 1876. 
GEO. P. HAMMOND & CO., 
Commission Merchants and Dealers in all kinds of 
COUNTRY PRODUCE, Butter. Eggs, Cheese, 
Poultry. Foreign and Domestic Fruits. Consignments 
solicited. 34 <& 36 Little 12tli St.. New York. 
GARNER & CO., 
Produce Commission Merchants, 
844 Washington Street, New Yobk. 
We have an extra demand for CHOICE CREAMERY 
BUTTER,CHOICE CHEESE and FANCY LEGHORN 
EGGS. Shipping Cards and Stenoils on application. 
Reference: Gansevoort Bank. 
BAY, STRAW, OATS, FEED, “2^*- 
Williams & Rickerson, 62—56 Harrison 8t„ N. Y 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 
Headquarters for Seaford Strawberry Plants. 
$4 per M; 2 M. $7.50; 5 M. $17: 10 M, $30. 
W. S. TODD, Greenwood, Del. 
10,000 Gregg and Palmer 
RASPBERRY SETS, FOR SALE CHEAP 
ELIAS GATES, Coxsackie, N. Y. 
BEE-KEEPERS SUPPLIES 
is the title of a little book which we 
publish, and which contains a complete line of 
everything required by the beekeeper. It will 
materially aid any one interested in bees and bee 
products.' We send it free to all interested 
Inquirers. Write us. 
G. B. LEWIS CO. Watertown, Wis. 
CIDER 
MACHINERY 
Hydraulic, Knuckle Joint and Screw 
Presses, Graters, Elevators, Pumps ; 
etc. Send for Catalogue.: 
BOOMER & BOSCHERT 
PRESS CO., 
118 W. Water 8 l, Syracuse. IY, Y.' 
i ii i i ii i iiiii if i f i 
There’s only one sure way to plant potatoes quickly, by machinery. 
With most machines it’s hit or miss—very often 
miss. You can hit every time, never miss 
a hill, do the work better than by hand,^ 
and plant easily from four to seven 
acres a day with the 
IMPROVED-RQBBINS POTATO PLANTER. 
Saves time in the early Spring, when time is worth more than 
money. The Improved-Bobbins is made by the Ivon-Ape People, 
and is described in the Iron-Apr- Book, which wl’l be sent vou on 
request. BATEMAN MFC. CO., Box 102, CRENLOCH, N-J 
if III JUiJLJLAJ^lJLJJLJLll 1 U 111 iff 
Kraus Cultivator. 
Pivot-Axles Move Automatically 
with wheels ;uul shovels bva ^inp. i >uoh r*f tite t ' itley r. t osiest 
irorhi ng. simplest aml most complete i i ii r rnJtivotor made. 
Moving the font levers mores the entire nut'hene eitlier to 
Wr Amy Boy Gan Work it* 
Convenient levers to raise or lower gangs or to set them any distant e 
apart while the machine is in motion. Perfect row crop or fallow 
worker for either level or hilly farms. wide or narrow rows. 
Soring Trin Shovels when desired. Write at onee for catalogue. 
THE AKRON GUITIVATQR GO., AKRON „ O. 
THE EMPIRE 
Why walk 
when you can 
ride without 
increasing 
the labor of 
your team ? 
WHEEL HARROW, 
With Riding Attachment 
ORIGINAL AND NEW. 
The Riding Attachment is practically independent 
of the Harrow, and the draught direct from the 
evener. It overcomes the objections that exist in 
other Spring-Tooth Harrows, 
and will work in trash, stones 
and soils where other Harrows 
fail. 
Runs Easily. 
Simple and Very Strong;. 
THE STANDARD 
HARROW CO., 
General Office and Works: 
UTICA, N. Y.,U.S. A. 
The Grant-Ferris Combined Oat and Straight Straw Rye Thrasher. 
The only successful Combined Thrasher in the world. Will thrash and clean 
more grain in the same time with less power than any machine built. Sold 
with or without Stacker. Also, builders of Combined Grain Drill and Broad¬ 
cast Seeder, Grant’s Fan Mill, Grain Drills and Broadcast Seeders. Write 
for Catalogue. Address GRANT-FERRIS CO„ Troy, N. Y. 
l ASPINWALL I 
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f Hundreds of Rural New Y t orker readers YJ 
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Cheapest and best, RIDING COH.Y I)R 
* In the world. Send for illustrated circulars. 
£ ASPINWALL MFG. CO. 
* 82 Sabin St. Jackson, Mich, j 
SELF-LOCKING 
Hand Potato Planters. 
record: 
EUREKA: 4 acres and320 
hills <19.680 hills) in 10 hrs.; 
2,590 hills in 1 hour. 
PING REE: 4 acres (19,360 
hills) in 9 hrs. 48 min.; 
2,106 hills in 1 hr. (Hills 3 
ft. apart each way.) 
EUREKA, 31.25; PIN- 
GREE, $1: Patent Sack, 
60c. Send for free booklet: 
••Potatoes—How to Plant 
Them.” 
GREENVILLE PLANTER CO.,Greenville,Mich 
COCKERELS FORICROSSINC. 
It. C. B. Leghorns, White and Barred Rocks. Light 
Brahmas, from $1 to $2. Eggs from choice stock. $1. 
Rouen Drakes, from $1 up. 
S. A. LITTLE, Malcom, Seneca County, N. Y. 
rnno for Hatching.—B. and W. P. Rocks; Buff 
LUUu Leghorns and Pekin Ducks. Prize winners 
at Watertown and Rochester. Send for circular. 
M. S. GARDNER, Evans Mills. N. Y. 
ETsw T^^b-I^K I>UPP,KS ’ Bire “ nfl 
I UA I t?rrit?r dam registered. Full 
pedigree with each pup; very cheap. 
FEllNDALK KENNELS. New Waterford, Ohio. 
Gilbert’s Reliable Mole Trap 
Is the greatest mole destroyer on the mar¬ 
ket. Is simple, strong and durable. Write 
for circulars, prices, etc., to 
THE GILBERT TRAP CO„ Dayton, O 
AGENTS WANTED. 
L NA ME STAMPS.. 
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5PR! N G FI EL G, MASS. 
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OEAOSraKPfoi Catalogue. V 
TEHMS. 
11 i nilO of Plank Save Timber and Cash. Best. 
Kfi Knl \ Cheapest. Most Desirable. JOHN L, 
U n 1111 o SHAWVKK & BROS., Bellefontaine.O 
AfiFNTQ WANTFn fornew Chopping Knife, 
nULIl I O II Mil I LU Carpet Stretcher, five other 
Utensilsnceded in every home. Sell atsight. Big com¬ 
mission. W. E.sitterly,75 Washington St.,Auburn,N.Y 
For Sale 
—Farm of 190 acres, 1% mile from Bel- 
Held: good 7-room house; large barn; 700 
fruit trees; 35 grapes; good land, fine climate. Price, 
$2,500. B. W. MANNING, Belfleld, Va. 
Farm fni* ^ala -4150 acres of land in the western 
l Cl I III IUI oaic part of Arkansas. About half 
of it cleared, the rest in timber. All tillable land. 
Two tenant houses on the place. Five miles from 
railroad. Splendid for fruit. $8 an acre. Address 
ADOLPH KAISER. Washington, Franklin Co., Mo. 
F OR SALE.—Farms and farm lands In Morrison 
Co., Minn. Wanted money to loan on farm security 
Lyman Signor,C lerk Dist.Court. Little Falls. Minn 
Sold q* ON TRIAL 
Imperial 
Pulverizer. 
Clod Crusher, 
Roller and 
Leveler. 
Plainly de- 
scribedin circu¬ 
lar, SENT FREE. 
Peterson Mfg. Co., Kent, Ohio. 
Farmers 
may try it 
before buying. 
VCVCTnilC PIVOT-AXLE RIDING 
KtlOlUNt -CULTIVATOR.- 
A parallel beam movement 
that cannot be surpassed. 
Patented July 31, 1894. 
Eight beams, 12 shovels. 
Can be narrowed up for 3*4 
foot rows. Write for prices. 
KEYSTONE FARM MACHINE CO., YORK, PA, 
F OR SALE—Gentleman’s country residence, In 
Cheshire, Conn., 12 acres (24 acres additional If 
desired), elevated, beautiful situation. Address, 
Norman S. Platt, 395 Whalley Av.. New Haven, Conn. 
FOR SALE 
days. 
F. C. 
—Farm of 28 acres, near city. 
Twenty-five per cent dis¬ 
count if sold within sixty 
BRADLEY, North Haven, Conn. 
Q A I p—550-acre Farm; will 
■ ■ V La Ci keep 40 head stock. 
Fine Dairy Farm, 300 acres hardwood timber, near 
cash market. Price, $2,500. 
FRANK HOWARD, Box 93, Ludlow, Vt, 
Book-keeping 
by mail in 16 lessons. Thorough 
course. W.G.Chaffee Oswego,N.Y 
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Buffalo, N. Y. 
W HO CARES FORSTSSSi" 
We’ll BUY A HYDRAULIC PRESS 
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Write for catalogue. It’s FREE. 1 
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